A Review of man and animal gait and walking robot

Abstract

Gait analysis is a basis of robot research. A reasonable design of gait and posture should be done so as to make a robot being of a steady walk. The gait and the posture of men, quadrupedal animals, snakes and caterpillars and their differences were reviewed. The gait strategies of the walking robot in varied walking models were described. The developments of research on the animal's gait and walking robot were analyzed.